Shangri-La (Yacht album) explained

Shangri-La
Type:studio
Artist:Yacht
Cover:YACHT - Shangri-La.png
Recorded:2010–2011
Label:DFA
Producer:Jona Bechtolt
Prev Title:See Mystery Lights
Prev Year:2009
Next Title:I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler
Next Year:2015

Shangri-La is the fifth studio album by American dance-pop band Yacht. It was released on June 21, 2011 via DFA Records. Produced entirely by its member Jona Bechtolt, it marks the band's second album to include Claire L. Evans. It is a concept album about utopia.

Critical reception

Shangri-La was met with generally favourable reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 75, based on twenty-one reviews. The aggregator AnyDecentMusic? has the critical consensus of the album at a 6.7 out of 10, based on twenty-two reviews.

Personnel